2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election

2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
17 (one third) out of 51 seats for the Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council ; 26 seats needed for a majority
	2019 local election results in Solihull; Conservative Green Liberal Democrats Labour Independent
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election; ; Conservative

Last updated June 29, 2023

The 2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2019 Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	5	47.1	19	27	52.9	22,427	45.9
	Green	5	3	29.4	9	14	27.5	12,512	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	2	2	11.8	4	6	11.8	6,594	13.5
	Labour	1	1	5.9	2	3	5.9	5,848	12.0
	Independent	1		5.9	0	1	2.0	1,518	3.1
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	–	–

Ward results

Bickenhill

Bickenhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Sleigh	1,537	58.9	4.5
	Labour Co-op	Nick Stephens	506	19.4	1.3
	Green	Trever Barker	380	14.6	7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Reece Colley	185	7.1	7.1
Majority			1031	39.5	5.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Blythe

Blythe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Hawkins	2,136	70.8	3.3
	Green	Carol Linfield	555	18.4	4.2
	Labour	Sam Mather	326	10.8	0.9
Majority			1581	52.4	7.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.8

Castle Bromwich

Castle Bromwich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Steve Caudwell	1,971	65.5	61.2
	Conservative	Gail Sleigh	903	30.0	23.1
	Labour	Matt Bond	135	4.5	18.2
Majority			1068	35.5	N/A
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	42.2

Chelmsley Wood

Chelmsley Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Karl Macnaughton	1,622	83.6	15.4
	Labour	Hazel Dawkins	221	11.4	7.5
	Conservative	David Skelding	98	5.0	7.9
Majority			1401	72.2	22.9
	Green hold		Swing	11.5

Dorridge & Hockley Heath

Dorridge & Hockley Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Mackeiwicz	1,968	63.6	8.3
	Green	Iona McIntyre	518	16.7	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Fairburn	406	13.1	0.8
	Labour	David Brittin	202	6.5	2.0
Majority			1450	46.9	12.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.9

Elmdon

Elmdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	1,383	49.3	30.9
	Conservative	Martin McCarthy	1,152	41.1	9.7
	Labour	Margaret Brittin	269	9.6	0.5
Majority			231	8.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	10.6

Kingshurst & Fordbridge

Kingshurst & Fordbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marcus Brain	616	39.9	9.3
	Conservative	Alan Feeney	575	37.3	10.3
	Green	Eleanor Aldworth	352	22.8	16.1
Majority			41	2.7	N/A
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing	0.5

Knowle

Knowle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Rebeiro	1,415	41.3	41.3
	Conservative	Dave Pinwell	1,386	40.5	33.1
	Green	Alison Wilson	239	7.0	7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Rogers	198	5.8	5.8
	Labour	Simon Johnson	187	5.5	6.4
Majority			29	0.8	N/A
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing	37.2

Lyndon

Lyndon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Thomas	1,086	37.8	4.4
	Conservative	Josh O'Nyons	1,077	37.5	1.2
	Labour	Lee Skinner	708	24.7	5.0
Majority			9	0.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	2.8

Meriden

Meriden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Howell	2,084	64.7	0.8
	Green	Mark Pearson	473	14.7	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Carthew	348	10.8	10.8
	Labour	Teresa Beddis	315	9.8	4.4
Majority			1611	50.0	0.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3

Olton

Olton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Grinsell	1,693	48.4	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Brad Tucker	1,353	38.7	5.8
	Labour	Colin Palmer	452	12.9	1.1
Majority			340	9.7	4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

Shirley East

Shirley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Parker	1,535	58.8	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gayle Monk	443	17.0	6.0
	Green	Antony Lowe	437	16.7	7.0
	Labour	Deon Bailey	296	7.5	6.7
Majority			1092	40.3	10.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.9

Shirley South

Shirley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shahin Ashraf	2,206	61.5	40.4
	Conservative	Angela Sandison	1,137	31.7	9.4
	Labour	Susan Bliss	242	6.8	2.3
Majority			1069	29.8	N/A
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	24.9

Shirley West

Shirley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rosemary Sexton	1,876	61.0	35.4
	Conservative	Brian Holmes	746	24.3	9.1
	Labour	Kevin Round	453	14.7	3.4
Majority			1,130	36.7	N/A
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	22.3

Silhill

Silhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wazma Qais	1,621	53.1	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	James Edwardson	607	19.9	4.1
	Green	Elaine Williams	418	13.7	7.6
	Labour Co-op	Janet Marsh	409	13.4	1.5
Majority			1014	33.2	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Smith's Wood

Smith's Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mark Wilson	1,070	70.1	8.9
	Labour	Bill Lloyd	226	14.8	9.4
	Conservative	Angus Young	128	8.4	6.2
	Independent	Adrian Duffen	103	6.7	6.7
Majority			844	55.3	18.3
	Green hold		Swing	9.2

St. Alphege

St. Alphege
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joe Tildesley	2,651	67.7	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Stone	585	14.9	1.9
	Green	Joelle Hill	395	10.1	3.9
	Labour	Ian English	285	7.3	0.8
Majority			2066	52.8	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

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